Muwatalli II

Muwatalli II (1344 BC-1272 BC) was King of the Hittite Empire from from 1295 BC to 1272 BC, succeeding Mursili II and preceding Mursili III.

Biography
Muwatalli was the eldest son of the Hittite king Mursili II, and he relocated the Hittite capital from Hattusa to Tarhuntassa. Muwatalli became King of the Hittites in 1295 BC; during his reign, Pharaoh Seti I ceded Kadesh to the Hittites so that he could avoid border conflict and instead focus on internal dissent. However, Seti's son Ramesses II sought to reconquer the lost territory, leading to the inconclusive Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC. The two kings made peace after the bloody battle, and Muwatalli continued to expand into Syria as Egyptian expansion was halted in Palestine.